Hat-pin guard.



L. G. ZESBAUGH.

HAT PIN GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED MAY z3, 1912.

1,U64,80 Patented June 17, 1913.

HIS ATTRNEYS HAT-PIN GUARD.

specification of Lettersratent.

Patented J une 17, 1913.

. Applicationledmay, 1912. l Serial No. 689,170.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I', LAWRENCE 1G. ZES- BAUGH,a citizen of the United States, residing at Minneapolis, ,in the county of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pin Guards; and I do hereby ldeclare the` following to-be a full, clear, and-exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains lto make and use the same.

invention has for its object to provide an improved pin guard especially designed for the well known purpose of covering the -indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 isl a' perspective view showing, in diagram, a portion of a lhat vand a hat pin, together with my improved guard applied on the 'hat pin in a position to be guided thereby for application to the pointed Aend of the hat pin; Fig. 2 isla side elevation of -the im rovedguard removed Afrom the hat pin; 1g. 3 is a longitudinal section taken centrally through the improvedv guard and a plied in position on a hat pin to be guided t ereby during the'application ofthe guard to the hat pin; Fig. 4 isa view corresponding to Fig. 3 with the exception that the hat in is shown in a ditl'erent positlon; and

ig. 5 is-a view corresponding to Figs. 3 and 4 with the hat pin removed.

TheV numeral' 1 indlcates a hat having applied thereto a hat lpin 2, and the numeral 3' lndicates a ersons hand holding my improved guar in a position, on the hat pin 2, to beguided there y for application to the pointed end Aof fthe hat pin.

The improved guard comprises a head 4 having a tubular neck extension- 5. In' the drawings, the head 4 andits neck 5 are shown as pressedv from a single piecev of metal, but, of course, the same may be of any desired vshape and more or less ornamental in -designto suit the wearers. taste.

A comparatively long tubular stem 6 has one of ends telescoped into the neck 5 and rigidly secured thereto by solder or otherwise. This stem 6 is adapted to telescopically receive and hold the pointed end por- -tion of the hat pin 2 with its sharp end Stopped against the head 4, as' shown in .Fig-4.

' The tubular stem 6 is provided with a pair of internal contacts 7 located, one near each end of the stem 6, and both on the same side thereof. These contacts 7 are preferably formed, as shown, by pressing the stem 6 bodily inward. On the opposite side of the stem `6 from the contact points 7, is cut a longitudinally extended. guide slot 8 which extends from the outer or receiving end of the stem 6to a point intermediately between the two contact points 7. This slot 8 is of such width as to receive bodily the intermediate portion ot' the hat pin 2 by a lateral movement thereof, the purpose of which willv presently appear. At the termination of the slot 8, vthe adjacent portion of the stem 6 is bent laterally into the stem 6 to form a third intermediate contact point 9.- By reference to F ig. 4, it will be notedthat the contact point 9 extends within the stem 6 a distance suiicient to engage and bend the applied hat pin 2 at a point intermediately between the two contact points 7 and thereby frictional'ly hold the improved guard applied tothe hat pin 2.

To applyv the improved guard tothe hat pin "2, the same is first moved' into engagev-menttherewith-:in a vposition indicated in Figs. 1 and 3. 4In this position, the intermediate portion of the hat pin 2 extends transversely through the slot 8 with its point extending in the same general direction with the head end of the improved guard. From this position, the improved guard is slid bodily endwise on vthe hat pin2 and guided ythereby until the same has reached a point where the point of the pin can ass through the slot 8 into the interior ofp the tube 6. The movement of the improved guard is then reversed and the guard moved onto the hat pin until stopped y the engagement of the point of the hat pingwith the head 4. This last movement of the guard brings the three contact. oints 7 and 9 into frictional engagement wlth the pin in a manner previously described.

The above described guard, while excost to manufacture, is thought to be highly etlicient for the purpose had inV View.

What I' claim is:

The combination with a pin, of a guardl capy having a straight non-elastic tubular stem', the internal diameter of said stemv being materially larger than the diameter of said pin and adapted to telescopically receivel the pointed end' of said1pin alternated three point contacts kpressed fromk opposite sides of and projecting into said stem and adapted to frictionally engage and bendv said pin, andl a longitudinally extended slot in the receiving end of said` stem, extending over the outermost of said contacts and to-V -Ward the intermediate of said contacts, said yslot being adapted to receive the intermediate portion of saidV pin and guide the same during the application of the guard thereto, substantially as described;

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

LAWRENCE e. ZESBAUGH. 

